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The '''Strachey''' family originated in [[Saffron Walden]], Essex, England. By the mid-1600s, they were based at [[Sutton Court]] in [[Stowey]], Somerset, England.

{{Infobox family
| name = Strachey
| origin = Saffron Walden, Essex, England
| titles = Baronet Strachey; 
Baron Strachie
}}

==Strachey family==
{{See also|Strachey Baronets}}

* [[William Strachey]] the English writer
** William Strachey (c. 1596/97–1635)
***John Strachey (d. 1674), friend of [[John Locke]]
****[[John Strachey (geologist)]] (1671–1743), British geologist
*****Thomas Strachey (1699–1740) served in the British Royal Navy.
******Susannah Strachey married Edmund Harper.
*******Tristram Harper (1760–1842)
********Harriette Strachey Harper (1802–1889) married John Shephard (1791–1878)
*********[[Hale Horatio Shephard|Sir Horatio Hale Shephard]] (1842–1921), British lawyer
**********[[Gordon Strachey Shephard|Brigadier-General Gordon Strachey Shephard]] (1885–1918), Royal Flying Corps commander
********[[Henry Harper (bishop)|Rev. Henry John Chitty Harper]] (1804–1893), Anglican bishop
*********[[Emily Acland|Emily Weddell Harper]] (1830–1950) married [[John Acland (runholder)|John Barton Arundel Acland]] (1823-1904).
**********[[Hugh Acland (surgeon)|Sir Hugh Thomas Dyke Acland]] (1874–1956), New Zealand surgeon
***********[[Jack Acland|Sir Hugh John Dyke "Jack" Acland]] (1904–1981), New Zealand politician
*********Mary Anna Harper (1832–1924) married [[Charles Blakiston|Charles Robert Blakiston]] (1825–1898).
*********[[Henry Harper (priest)|Ven. Henry William Harper]] (1833–1922), Anglican priest
*********Ellen Shephard Harper (1834–1916) married [[Charles Tripp (runholder)|Charles George Tripp]] (1826–1897).
*********[[Leonard Harper (politician)|Leonard Harper]] (1837–1915), New Zealand politician
**********[[Arthur Paul Harper]] (1865–1955), New Zealand lawyer
*********[[George Harper (lawyer)|Sir George Harper]] (1843–1937), New Zealand lawyer
**********[[Eric Harper|Eric Tristram Harper]] (1877–1918), New Zealand rugby player
*****Henry Strachey of Sutton Court, Somerset
******[[Sir Henry Strachey, 1st Baronet]] (1737–1810), British politician and civil servant
*******[[Sir Henry Strachey, 2nd Baronet]] (1772–1858)
*******Edward Strachey (1774–1832) was in the service of the [[East India Company]]. 
********[[Sir Edward Strachey, 3rd Baronet]] (1812–1901)
*********[[Edward Strachey, 1st Baron Strachie]] (1858–1936), Liberal politician
**********Edward Strachey, 2nd Baron Strachie (1882–1973)
**********Frances Constance Maddalena (d.1931) was the first wife of [[Maurice Towneley-O'Hagan, 3rd Baron O'Hagan]] (1882–1961), British Liberal politician.
***********Major Thomas Anthony Edward Towneley Strachey (died 1955), who changed his surname by deed poll to Strachey in September 1938, by which name his progeny are known. 
************[[Charles Strachey, 4th Baron O'Hagan]] (1945–2025), British Conservative politician
*********[[John St. Loe Strachey]] (1860–1927), journalist and newspaper proprietor
**********[[John Strachey (politician)]] (1901–1963), British politician
***********Charles Strachey, presumed 6th Baronet (1934–2014)
*********[[Henry Strachey (artist)]] (1863–1940), painter, art critic and writer
********[[Henry Strachey (explorer)]] (1816–1912) served in India as an officer in the [[Bengal Army]] and was responsible for surveying large portions of western Tibet.
*********Julia Charlotte Chance married in 1884 barrister William Chance (later [[Chance baronets|2nd Baronet Chance]]), of the wealthy family which owned the glassmaking company [[Chance Brothers]]. The couple's residence,  [[Orchards, Surrey]], was designed for them by [[Edwin Lutyens]].
********[[Richard Strachey]] (1817–1908) was the husband of the suffragette [[Jane Maria Strachey]] (1840–1928) and father of 10 surviving children, including:
*********[[Lytton Strachey]] (1880–1932) was a writer and thinker and among his prominent works are ''[[Eminent Victorians]]'' and a celebrated biography of Queen Victoria.
*********[[Pernel Strachey]] (1876–1951), scholar and educationist and the principal of [[Newnham College, Cambridge]].
*********[[James Strachey]] (1887–1967), a psychoanalyst and biographer of Sigmund Freud, married psychoanalyst [[Alix Strachey]] (1892–1973).
*********[[Oliver Strachey]] (1874–1960) was a writer and cryptoanalyst and worked at [[Bletchley Park]] during [[WWII]]. His wives were Ruby Mayer and the feminist [[Ray Strachey|Ray Costelloe Strachey]] (1887–1940). He had three children:
**********[[Julia Strachey]] (1901–1979), writer; daughter of Oliver and his first wife Ruby Mayer
**********[[Barbara Strachey]] (1912–1999), writer; daughter of Oliver and his second wife Ray
**********[[Christopher Strachey]] (1916–1975), computer scientist; son of Oliver and his second wife Ray
*********[[Dorothy Bussy]] (née Strachey) (1865–1960), wife of French painter [[Simon Bussy]], wrote one novel, ''[[Olivia (Bussy novel)|Olivia]]'', about a lesbian relationship.
*********[[Pippa Strachey]] (1872–1968), suffragist and feminist
********[[John Strachey (civil servant)]] (1823–1907) served as an administrator in India. He married Katherine Batten and had eight children, including:
*********[[Arthur Strachey|Sir Arthur Strachey]] (1858–1901) served as a judge in India.
*********Winifred Barnes was the wife of Indian civil servant [[Hugh Shakespear Barnes]].
**********[[Mary Hutchinson (writer)|Mary Barnes]] (1889–1977) married [[St John Hutchinson]] (1884–1942).
***********[[Jeremy Hutchinson, Baron Hutchinson of Lullington]] (1915–2017), British barrister
***********Barbara Judith Barnes married [[Victor Rothschild, 3rd Baron Rothschild|Nathaniel Mayer Victor Rothschild, 3rd Baron Rothschild]] (1910–1990).
**********[[James Strachey Barnes]] (1890–1955), British theorist of Fascism
*********Charles Strachey
**********[[Jack Strachey]] (1894–1972), English composer and songwriter
*******Richard Strachey (1781–1847)
********Mary Augusta Strachey (1838–1914), English co-author of [[The Great Book-Collectors]], married [[Charles Elton (lawyer)|Charles Isaac Elton]] (1839–1900).
********Isabel Strachey (1845–1920) married [[John Holland Baker]] (1841–1930).
*********[[Noeline Baker]] (1878–1958), New Zealand suffragist

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